Health

Mother?? Death Shows Bribes Buy India Worst G-20 Maternal Care

Aid organization Save the Children puts India last in the G-20 in its Mothers??Index, which measures pregnancy-related deaths; child mortality; and the economic, educational a...

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A New Direction for Global Health

It is easy to be discouraged about the state of international cooperation today, but global health remains an area in which the world has come together to do significant good....

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More than 70 per cent of HIV-AIDS patients not diagnosed

More than 70 percent of people suffering from HIV-AIDS are not diagnosed and are not aware that they are suffering from the dreaded disease. I S Gilada, president of AIDS soci...

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Premature babies: How 24 week-old babies are now able to survive

The number of babies being born prematurely is on the increase, and so is their chance of surviving. Jessica Salter discovers how advances in neonatal care ??and sandwich bags...

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Processed food now a cause for higher incidence of non- communicable diseases

In an alarming trend, an international research group has observed that with rising incomes, the global shift from traditional foods and cereals to processed foods is graduall...

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Safe babies for HIV-infected mothers

Motherhood is a feeling every woman wants to experience. HIV-infected women are no exceptions. Like normal expecting mothers, they too can deliver a baby who is not HIV infect...

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Jewelry Project Supports HIV/AIDS Infected and Affected Families in New Delhi

Not every sixteen-year-old American girl sets out to volunteer in India. Fewer still count down the days until she can return. The Indian people stuck with Laurel, especially ...

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Maternal deaths on the rise in Almora district

The number of maternal deaths in Almora district is on the rise as despite special provisions in the National Health Mission to protect mothers and children post-delivery, poo...

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HIV Evolving, Becoming Milder

A new study suggests that HIV seems to be evolving in a positive way. Unlike other bacteria that grow more resistant to drugs, HIV is gradually becoming milder "It is quite st...

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Maternal Obesity Linked To Increase Infant Mortality

For clinicians, our findings are more relevant. Antenatal care services and delivery units should give extra caution to overweight and obese women, to minimize risks for the m...

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POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024